Sleigh-runner attachment for vehicles.



No. 727,637. "PAT'ENTED MAY 12,1903. I EgKAISER.

SLEIGH RUNNER ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1902. N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 12, 1903. 1

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD KAISER, OF CONGERVI LLE, ILLINOIS SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 727,637, dated May 12,1903.

Application filed September 22, 1902; Serial No; 124,358. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD KAISER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Congerville, in the county of 'Woodford and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful. Im

provements in Sleigh-Runners for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sleigh-runners for vehicles, the object thereof being to provide sleigh-runners of such construction that they may be readily attached to the running-gear of vehicles after thewheels' have been removed therefrom and whenattached, the vehicle to which they are applied may be used as a sleigh, the construction being such asto provide bars and fenders which rigidly connect the axles and runners, which are positioned between the connecting-bars and fenders, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view showing sleigh-runners made in accord with my invention and'attached to the running-gear of a vehicle; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 is an endview.

This invention is applicable to the running gear of light vehicles, as carriages, buggies, &c., and in the drawings, A refers to the front axle of a vehicle, which-is connected to the rear axle B by a reach inthe usual manner,

and the ends of the axles have spindles which are threaded to receive nuts, which usually hold the wheels thereon.

The runners comprise, practically, three other at their forward ends and rear of said ends by standards and braces, as'will be hereinafter set forth. The upper edges ofthe bars O G bear against the under sides of the axles and in practice are connected thereto by clips 0, which span the axles andpass through threaded ends of the spindles to project beyond the fenders. The runners E are uptised into the runners and into the bars A,

and the front standard may incline, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to better resist the strain to which the runner is subjected.

In vertical line with the axles there are braces H, which are secured to the runners Theseand to the outer sides of the fenders. braces at theirupper ends have openings of a size suflicient to admit the threaded ends of the spindles therethrough, so that the shoulders of the spindles will bear against the braces, they being forced against the same by the axle-nuts when placed on the spindle and tightened.

By the construction shown it will be noted that the runners diverge from the axles outward andare braced not only tothe axle-connecting bars A, but also to the fenders. The fenders not only assist in connecting the axles, but also protect the spindles, and-inpractice axle boxes or tubes may be placed over the spindles. The clips for the draft-pole orshafts are almost immediately above the runners.

The device hereinbefore described may be readily attached, is simple in construction, and may be cheaply manufactured, and the parts where they are connected may be braced in any suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

ning-gear of vehicles, comprising runner-bars the forward ends thereof being bent upward to a point on a plane with the axles of the running-gear of a vehicle, fender-bars having inward-bent ends which are rigidly .connected to the runner-bars such fender-bars having apertures'for engagementwith .the outerends of the axle-spindles, bars attached to the forward ends of the runner-bars, clips passed through the bars to en'gage'the front and rear axles of the running-gear, standards connected to the runner-bars and to the bars which are clipped to the axles; the standards being inclined inward and upward, and braces attached to the fender-bars and runner-bars,

A sleigh-runner for attachment to the run-- the points of attachment to the fender-bars In testimony whereof I have hereunto set being opposite the apertures through which my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

pass the ends of the axle-spindles the parts being-organized as shown, so that the run- EDWARD KAISER 5 ners are maintained below and midway be- In presence of tween the bars and fenders and are braced P. S. GERBER,

by the diverging standards and braces. H. R. WISE. 

